Music-player sticker-action.



R. A. GALLY. MUSIC PLAYER STICKER ACTION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8v I9!7- Patented Aug; 6, 1918.

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ROBERT A. GALlLY, or oIivoINNA'rI, OHIO, ASSIGNQR To THE BALDWINCOMPANY, or

CINCINNATI, OHIO, I

'MUSiC-ILAYER STICKER-ACTION. l

' Patented Aug. 6,1918. Application filed August 8, 1917. Serial No.185,161. i

To all cohort may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. GALLY, a citlzen of the UnitedStates, andresiding at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Music-PlayerSticker-Action, of which the following .is a specification.

In prior structures for the pneumatic striker operation of pianos andthe like, sticker actions with stacks of pneumatics,

etc., have been employed, but thesehave been diflicult to regulate,especially when situated under the keybed of grand or other pianos, asit has been necessary to reach and regulate nuts or buttons at upper andlower positions of the stickers, while in the present invention it iseasy to regulate both the leveling'of the sticker to the key or otherinstrument action actuator or member, and also the amount of the strokeof the striker pneumatic and its sticker and the key or other memberactuated by the said pneumatic, and sticker, such regulation beingaccomplished by turning the sticker from its lower end for the strokeregulation, and turning the leveling button at the lower end of the samesticker for the leveling of the-sticker to the said key or similar part.The present showingis applied to a grand piano, only one of the threerows of striker pneumatics being shown, although it is to be understoodthat several rows are employed, in any suitable arrangement, thestickerbeing made sufii ciently long for such purpose, the oneshown inthe present drawings being broken apart for economy of space in thedrawing.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an end view of the keys of a piano, with thekeybed therewith out in section to exhibit the player sticker and theguide rail therewith at the upper end of the stickers, a striker pneu-'matic and regulators being shown below; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe same parts taken on the line A. of Fig. 1,'with'the rear I guard ofthe guide rail of the stickers re moved to show the detail of one of theleveling buttons of the stickers; and Fig. 3 is a plan new of one of thestriker pneum'atic's and its lever 'arm and the sticker with its strokeregulator.

Manual keys 1 are shown supported on the usual keybed 2, it beingunderstood that although only one key is now shown, any

Specification of Letters Patent.

rear end of the key 1 is the striker button3 carried by the upper end ofthe vertical sticker 4, the button 3 raising the saidvrear end of thekey 1 to actuate the musical devices controlled by that key wheneversaid button 3 and sticker 4 are thrust upward by the operation of thestriker pneumatic 5, which strikerpneumatic 5 has a lever arm 6 fixedtherewith and extended beyond the heel of the said pneumatic andengaging a nut 7 on the said sticker 4 to accomplish the said stroke. vi q The nut 7 has a hole tapped through it to fit the raised threads 8on the sticker wire said strap 9 is loosely attached toa distant part ofthe lever arm 6 or the pneumatic 5, so that the strap 9 will-prevent theturning of the nut 7 7 when the sticker 4 is turned to regulate thevertical position of the sticker 4 relatively to its nut 7 thus enablingsuch regulating by a handling of the sticker only, and at any convenientpart of the sticker, as the lower end, and such regulat-. ing notrequiring any touching or gripping of the nut 7 as is used in regulatingof stick-V ers'to their nuts or buttons. It is preferable that the strap9 be of a flexible nature, as shown to allow the free movement of therod or sticker 4.

Inside the striker pneumatic 5 is a pad orv check 10 of felt or othernoiseless material for checking purposes, and the movement of thestriker pneumatic 5 is limited by this check as the moving board 11 ofthe pneumatic 5 reaches the said check 10 similarly to the old organpneumatic checks, as in Odell #609291. Thus by the regulating of thevertical position of the nut? on the thread 8 of the sticker 4, theexact limit of the stroke of the key 1 can be secured.

To prevent any: lost motion betweenthe nut 7 and the leveling button 12be then required number are employed. Under the regulated up or down onthe threads 1307f the sticker 4 until the button 3 has the desired,touch or clearance relative .to the lower face of the rear of thekey 1. To enable the regulating of the stroke limit after the level ingof the button 3 to the key s preferable to have the nut 7 with a fairlyfree turning lit to .the threading 8 of sticker .4 compared to a fairlysnug fit of the leveler button 12 to the threads 13 of the same sticker4 as by a sole leather inset 16, so that after the said leveling of thestriker button 3, the leveler button 12 can be grasped by the finger andthumb and the sticker 4 turnedin the nut without disturbing the settingof the 'leveler button 12 on the sticker 4.

To prevent the accidental turning of the stickers 4 in their nuts 7, theleveling rail or support 15 has a flange or guide strip 17 disposed toone side of the line of stickers 4 and their leveler buttons 12, and soclose to the said leveler buttons 12 that the said buttons will not beturned by the operating motion,

of the buttons 12 and the stickers 4, but can only be turned whenmechanic pulls them sufliciently away from the said guide 17 and itsanti-friction facing 18 to enable the turning of such a button 12 on itssticker 4 for leveling a striker button 3,01 for turning the button 12and its sticker 4 together as one when regulating the said sticker 4 inits nut 7 for limiting the stroke of the pneumatic 5, sticker 4,.striker button 3 and the key 1.

As an additional safeguard against the accidentalturning of the levelerbutton 12 and the stickers 4, an extra guard 19 may be removablyattached to the main support 15 as shown in Fig. 1, such extra guard 19vbeing removed during any regulating work with the buttons 12 andstickers 4 as shown in Fig. 2, where said extra guard 19 has beenremoved. 7

It is desirable to have the leveler button 12 of flat form to insure theguards 17 and 19,- or guard '17 only, if only the one is used, againstthe turning of the button 12, and best that the said'button 12 be ofgreater width than thickness, whereby is obtained the greatest possiblecontrol against turning,

the relative measure of both the Width and diagonal and horizontalmeasures of the buttons 12 being of a greater ratio to thethickness thanin a square section body, and the angle of both the width face and thediagonal of the corners being nearer to parallel.

with the faces of the guides 15 or 19 than if the button 12 were ofsquare section.

The level1ng rail or supper-1: 15 may be I either set to afixed positionor be vertically adjustable by any means as the screws 20 in any fixed.part of the apparatus as 21.

.While the guides 17 and 19 prevent any motion ofthe stickers 4lengthwise of the levers 6, any motion in direction of the length o'ftheguide 17 must" be pr vented,

to do this by having the stickers engage .the straight line of motion ofthe said stickers 4 as controlled by the buttons 12 between guides 17and 19 and the guide rail 22guiding the upper ends of the stickers,therefore each lever arm 6 has an opening or slot 23 elongated in thedirection of the length of the said lever 6 and through which saidopening the sticker 4' extends.

Although the heel lever type of pneumatic may be used with theregulators, etc., as shown herein, the regulators, nuts, straps andleveling devices of the present invention are adaptable to any otherarrangement of striker pneuinatics and levers in any so called action ofstack where convenient leveling, regulating, and checking or limiting isdesiied, and the use of a horizontal. heel lever pneumatic combined witha sticker under the keys is a particular matter of claims in thisapplicants separate application, #184,355, filed Aug. 3, 1917.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A musical apparatus sticker and means connected with and actuatingsaid sticker longitudinally; a nut on said sticker engaged therewith byscrew threads adapted for the regulation of said nut lengthwise of thesaid sticker, and an actuating element of the apparatus engaging thesaid nut and a flexible element having one of its ends attached to thesaid nut, the other end of the said element attached to an elenient ofthe apparatus other than said nut or sticker and adapted-to prevent therevolution '01: the said.

nut.

2. A musical apparatus sticker and means connected ,with and actuatingsaid sticker longitudinally; a nut on said sticker engaged therewith byscrew threads adapted for the regulation of said nut lengthwise of thesaid sticker, and anactuating element of the apparatus engaging the saidnut and an element having one of its ends attached to the said nut, theother end of the said element loosely attached to an element of theapparatus other than said nut or sticker, and adapted to prevent therevolution of the said nut. 1

V 3. v A musicalapparatus sticker and means connected with and actuatingsaid sticker longitudinally; a nut on said sticker eueas d rewith byscrew threads adapted for the regulation of saidnut lengthwise ofthe'said sticker, and a flexible element having one of its ends attachedto the said nut, the other end of the said strap attached toan elementof the apparatus other than sa d nut or sticker and adapted-t0 preventthe revolution of the said nut;

longitudinally; a nut on saidsticker engaged therewith by screw threadsadapted for the regulation of said nut lengthwise the said sticker, andan actuating element of the apparatus engaging the said nut and aflexible strap having 0 e of its ends attached to the'said nut, the otier end of the said flexible element loosely attached to an element ofthe apparatus other than said nut or sticker and adapted to prevent therevolution of said nut.

5. A hinged striker pneumatic having a moving board and a lever fixed tosaid moving board and extended beyond the said hinge and having anarc-like movement of its said extended part; a sticker extended throughthe extended end of the said lever; a nut on the said sticker engagedtherewith by screw threadsand adapted for the regulation of the said nutlengthwise of'the' said sticker to and away from the said lever; and anactuating element of the apparatus engaging the said nut and an elementhaving one of its ends attached to the said nut and its other endloosely attached to a moving part of the said pneumatic.

6. A hinged striker pneumatic having a moving board and a lever fixed tosaid moving board and extended beyond the said hinges and having anarc-like movement of its said extended part;a sticker extended throughthe extended end of the said lever; a nut on the said sticker engagedtherewith byscrew threads and adapted for the regulation of 'thesaid nutlengthwise of the said sticker to and away from the said lever; and anactuating element of the apparatus engaging the said nut and a flexibleelement having one of its ends attached to the said nut and its otherend attached to a moving part of the said pneumatic. V

7. A hinged striker pneumatichaving a moving board and a lever fixed tosaid moving board and extended beyond the said hinge and having'anarc-like movement of its said extended part; a sticker extended throughthe extended end of the said lever; a nut on the said sticker engagedtherewith by screw threads and adapted for the regulation of the saidnut lengthwise of the said sticker to and away from the said lever; andan actuating element of the apparatus engaging the said nut and aflexible elemen t having one of its ends attached to the said nut andits othrgend loosely attached to the said lever of thesaid pneumatic.

, 8. A vertical sticker havingits upper end adapted to actuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; an actuating means engaging the saidsticker intermediate its length and adapted to'acjtuate said stickervertically; a leveling support immediately below the lower end of thesaid sticker, screw threads at the lower end of the said sticker and"a'levelingb'utton on the lower. end of said sticker and engaged by'thesaid threads and adjustable thereon vertically of'the said sticker; thelower end of the said button resting on. the said'leveling support.

9. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; an actuating means en-' gaging the saidsticker intermediate its length and adapted to actuate said stickervertically; a leveling support immediately below the lower end of thesaid sticker, screw threads at the lower end of the said sticker and aleveling button on the lower end of the said sticker and engaged by thesaid threads and adjustable thereon vertically of the said sticker; thelower end of the said button resting on the said leveling support;

and means adapted to' raise and lower the said leveling support. l

10. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; a striker pneumatic hav-- ing anactuating means engaging the said sticker in'termedite its length andadapted to actuate said sticker vertically; a leveling supportimmediately below the lower end of the said sticker, screw threads atthe lower end of the said sticker and a leveling button on the lower endof said sticker and engaged by the said threads and adjustable thereonvertically of the said sticker; the lower end of the said button restingon the said leveling support.

\ 11. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate amovable member of a musical apparatus; a striker pneumatic having anactuating means engaging the said sticker intermediate its length andadapted to actuate said sticker vertically; a leveling supportimmediately below the lower end of the said sticker, screw threads atthe lower end of the said sticker and a levelingbutton on the lower endof the said sticker and engaged by the said threads and adjustablethereon vertically of the said sticker; the lower end of the said buttonresting on the said leveling support; and a regulating means on the saidstickerand adjustable lengthwise thereof and adapted to contact with thesaid actuating means of the said striker pneumatic.

12. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; a striker pneumatic having an actuatingmeans engaging the said sticker intermediate its length and adapted toactuate said sticker vertically; a-leveling support immediately belowthe lower end of the'said sticker, screw threads at the lower end of thesaid sticker and a leveling button on the lower end of said sticker andengaged bythe said threads and adjustable thereon vertically of the saidsticker; the lower end of the said button resting on the said levelingsupport; a screw thread on and intermediate the length of the saidsticker, and a nut engaged'by said screw thread and adjustablevertically of the said sticker adjacent to and engaging the saidactuating 13. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuatea movable member of a musical apparatus; a screw thread on andintermediate the length of the said sticker, and a nut engaged by saidscrew thread and adjustable vertically of the said sticker; a strikerpneumatic, and a means actuated thereby adjacent to and engaging thesaid nut; and an element having one end thereof attached to thesaid nutand its other end attached to said actuating means to prevent therevolution of the said nut.

14. ,A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate amovable member of a musical apparatus; a screw thread on andintermediate the length of the said sticker, and a nut engaged by saidscrew thread and adjustable vertically of the said sticker; a strikerpneumatic, and a means actuated thereby adjacent to and engaging thesaid nut; and an element having one end thereof attached to the said nutand adapted to pre vent the revolution of the said nut, and its otherend attached to a part of the apparatus other than the said nut orsticker to prevent the revolution'of the said nut.

15. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; a striker pneumatic having amo-vingt'board hinged at one end thereof and a lever fixed to the saidmoving board and extended beyond the said hinge, the said extended partof the said lever engaging the said sticker intermediate its length andadapted to actuate said sticker vertically; a leveling supportimmediately below the lower end of the said sticker, screw threads atthe lower end of the said sticker and a leveling button on the lower endof the said sticker andengaged by the said threads and adjustablethereon vertically of the said sticker; the lower end of the said buttonresting on the said leveling support; a screw thread on and intermediatethe length of the said sticker, and a nut engaged by said screw threadand adjustable vertically of the said sticker adjacent to and engagingthe said actuating'means.

16. A vertical sticker having its upper end.

adapted to actuate a movable member of a musical apparatus; screw threadon and intermediate the'length of the said sticker, and

a nut engaged by said screw thread and adjustable vertically of the saidsticker; a striker pneumatic, and a means actuated thereby adjacent toand engaging the said nut, and a flexible element having one end thereofattached to the saidnut and its other end attached to said actuatingmeans to prevent the revolution of the said nut.

17. A vertical sticker having its: upper end adapted toactuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; a screw thread on and intermediate thelength of the said sticker, and a nut engaged by said screw thread andadjustable vertically of the said sticker; a striker pneumatic, and ameans actuated thereby adjacent to and engaging the said nut,-and aflexible element having one end thereof attached to the said nut and itsother end attached to a part'of the apparatus other than the said nut orsticker and adapted to prevent the revolution of the said nut.

18.- A sticker; screw threads on the said sticker at one end thereof,and a rectangular regulating button onv the same said end of the saidsticker and engaged by the said threads, and a guide member having afiat face adjacent to and parallel with one face of the said button andadapted to prevent the turning of the said button.

19. A sticker-adapted to be. actuated longitudinally of itself havingits one end adapted to actuate a movable member of a musical apparatus;a guide in which the said. sticker is guidednear the same said end ofthesaid sticker; a guide means at the other end of the sticker; an engagingmeans on an intermediate part of the sticker; a pneumatic leverpositioned transversely of the said sticker and engaging the saidengaging means, the part of said lever so engaging the said means havingan elongated opening through which the said sticker extends.

20. A sticker having one end adapted to actuate a movable member of amusical apparatus; a screw'thread'on and intermediate the length of thesaid sticker, and a nut engaged by said screw thread and adjustablevertically of the said sticker; a striker pneumatic, and means actuatedthereby adjacent to and engaging the said nut; and an element having oneend thereof attached to the said nut and its other end attached to saidactuated means to prevent the revolution of the said nut.

21. A sticker having one end adapted to actuate'a movable member of amusical apparatus; a screw thread on and'intermediate the length of thesaid sticker, and a nut engaged by said screw thread and adjustablevertically of the said sticker; a striker pneumatic, and meansactuatedthereby and adjacent to and engaging-the said nut; and

an element having one end thereof attached to the said nutto prevent therevolution of the said nut, and its other end, attached to a part of theapparatus other than thesaid nut or sticker to prevent the revolution ofthe said nut.

22. A sticker having one end adapted to actuate a movable member of amusical apparatus; ascrew thread and intermediate the length of the saidsticker, and a nut engaged by said screw thread and adjustablevertically of the said sticker; a striker pneu; matic, and a meansactuated thereby and engaging the said nut; and a flexible elementhaving one end thereof attached to the said nut and its other endattached to said actuated means to prevent the revolution of the saidnut.

23. A sticker having one end adapted to actuate a movable member of amusical apparatus; a screw thread on and intermediate the length of thesaid sticker, and a nut engaged by said screw thread and adjustablevertically of the said sticker; a striker pneumatic and a means actuatedthereby and adjacent to and engaging the said nut; and a flexibleelement having one end thereof attached to the said nut and its otherend attached to a part of the apparatus other than the said nut orsticker and adapted to prevent the revolution of the said nut.

24. An actuating rod movable longitudinally of its main axis; a screwthread on and intermediate the length of the said rod, and a nut engagedby said screw thread and adjustable longitudinally of the said rod; astriker pneumatic, and means actuated thereby adjacent to and engagingthe said nut; and an element having one end thereof attached to the saidnut and its other end attached to said actuated means to prevent therevolution of the said nut.

25. An actuating rod movable longitudinally of its main axis; a screwthread on and intermediate the length of the said rod, and a nut engagedby said screw thread and adjustable longitudinally of the said rod; astriker pneumatic, and means actuated thereby adjacent to and engagingthe said nut; and an element having one end thereof attached to the saidnut to prevent the revolution of the said nut, and its other endattached to a part of the apparatus other than the said nut or rod toprevent the revolution of, the said nut.

26. An actuating rod movable longitudinally of its main axis; a screwthread on and intermediate the length of the said rod, and a nut engagedby said screw thread and adjustable longitudinally of the said rod; astriker pneumatic, and means actuated thereby adjacent to and engagingthe said nut; and a flexible element having one end thereof attached tothe said nut and its other end attached to said actuated means toprevent the revolution of the said nut.

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27. An actuating rod movable longitudinally of its main axis; a screwthread on and intermediate the length of the said rod, and a nut engagedby said screw thread and adjustable longitudinally of the said rod; astriker pneumatic, and means actuated thereby adjacent to and engagingthe said nut; and a flexible element having one end thereof attached tothe said nut to prevent the revolution of the said nut, and its otherend attached to a part of the apparatus other than the said nut or rodto prevent the revolution of the said nut.

28. A hinged striker pneumatic having a moving board and a lever fixedto said moving board and extended beyond the said hinge and having anarc-like movement of its said extended part; a sticker extended throughthe extended end of the said lever; a nut on the said sticker engagedtherewith by screw threads and adapted for the regulation of the saidnut lengthwise of the said sticker to and away from the said lever;

and a flexible element having one of its ends attached to the said nutand its other end attached to an oscillating part of the said pneumatic.

29. A hinged striker pneumatic having a moving board and a lever fixedto said moving board and extended beyond the said hinge and having anarc-like movement of its said extended part; a sticker extended throughthe extended end of the said lever; a nut on the said sticker engagedtherewith by screw threads and adapted for the regulation of the saidnut lengthwise of the said sticker to and away from the said lever; anda flexible element having one of its ends attached to the said nut andits other end attached to an oscillating part of the sai lever.

30. A vertical sticker having its upper end adapted to actuate a movablemember of a musical apparatus; an actuating means engaging the saidsticker intermediate its length and adapted to actuate said stickervertically; a leveling support immediately below the lower end of thesaid sticker, and a leveling means on the lower end of said sticker andadjustable thereon vertically of the said sticker; the lower end of saidleveling means resting on the said leveling support.

ROBT. A. GALLY. Witnesses P. J. Hnoeen, NORMA HEISER.

Washington, D. 0.

